Bill Text: TX HB2503 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB2503 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2503-Introduced.html
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| By: Miller | H.B. No. 2503 | |
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| relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain | ||
| contracts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 54.605 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.605. USE OF SALES TAX REVENUE UNDER CERTAIN | ||
| CONTRACTS. (a) This section applies only to: | ||
| (1) a district located in a county with a population of | ||
| 550,000 or more and included in: | ||
| (A) the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; or | ||
| (B) the Fort Bend Subsidence District; | ||
| (2) a municipality with a population of one million or | ||
| more that is included in the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) money received by a municipality described by | ||
| Subdivision (2) under Chapter 321, Tax Code, from sales or uses | ||
| consummated within a district described by Subdivision (1), a | ||
| percentage of which is distributed to the district by the | ||
| municipality under the terms of a contract with the municipality, | ||
| including a strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section | ||
| 43.0751, Local Government Code. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the municipality | ||
| must use at least 50 percent of the municipality's share of the | ||
| money described by Subsection (a)(3) for drainage or road projects | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) are located or conducted within the district or | ||
| within five miles of the district's boundary; | ||
| (2) benefit residents of the district; and | ||
| (3) if they include a major thoroughfare, are | ||
| consistent with the major thoroughfare plan of the county in which | ||
| the project is located. | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the district must | ||
| use at least 75 percent of the district's share of the money | ||
| described by Subsection (a)(3) that is in excess of the amount of | ||
| its share of the money collected in 2016 under Subsection (a)(3) for | ||
| services and improvements that: | ||
| (1) are located or conducted within the district or | ||
| within five miles of the district's boundary; | ||
| (2) benefit residents of the district; | ||
| (3) are identified by the district and agreed upon by | ||
| the district and the county in which the district is located; and | ||
| (4) relate to: | ||
| (A) water; | ||
| (B) sewer; | ||
| (C) drainage; | ||
| (D) roads; | ||
| (E) parks; | ||
| (F) fire fighting or fire prevention; or | ||
| (G) public safety. | ||
| (d) This section applies to a contract or strategic | ||
| partnership agreement entered into before September 1, 2017, only | ||
| to the extent that the provisions of Subsection (b) or (c) do not | ||
| impair obligations under the provisions of the contract or | ||
| agreement. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
